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Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
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Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:37:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Barnes wrote:
> > In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > >
> > > I suppose (and it would have made more sense to check your reply before adding
> > > my other one - I'm splitting my own train of thought here) that the new IR base
> > > length makes it harder for LEGO to produce a new engine that can sell on its own
> > > (like the Super Chief) that doesn't contain an IR unit.
> > >
> > > And it also makes a small engine impossible. This is for kids, right? Kids who
> > > are supposed to grow up with Duplo Thomas?
> >
> >
> > Agreed! I posted earlier that this 30 stud base totally wipes out all those cool
> > Thomas and little trolley models. (Which, incidently, are amongst the most
> > popular items we (LUCNY) run around the tracks at shows per visitor requests.)
> > Even the Hogwarts model will not be able to be replicated with the new system!
> >
> > JB
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> Surely for a Thomas train, if you make the bogie versions, Annie or Clarabel
> could use the IR unit baseplate?
> http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/annieclarabel.htm Then Thomas could be
> made using BBB wheels and he could have working rods too.
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> I think it will be possible to bury the new IR unit in an 8 or wider engine,
> possibly to use it for remote controlled lights or auxiliary motors (crane
> drive?), with electric wheeled 9V train motors driving.
30 studs would be very long for Annie and Clarabel - I was thinking of trying an
MOT 24-stud baseplate. After all, they must have some use (other than a
Palethorpe's Pork Sausage three-axle van of course).
Maybe you could get away with BBB wheels for Thomas at your scale, but I doubt
it would work 6-wide - it'd make the total wheelbase far too long for a start.
You couldn't overlap flanged and blind drivers when the axle spacing is fixed by
the motor.
Jason Railton
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